The pilot will be conducted with a group of approximately 25 students currently enrolled in the program. The grant also allows each student in the pilot to receive essential tools and materials, like a multimeter (an electronic-measuring instrument), microcontrollers and sensors.

“Femineers possess knowledge and skills that most first-year engineering wouldn’t have,” says Jawaharlal, who also co-founded the program. “We hope that by helping them become confident by providing them with real skills will not only attract them to engineering, but will encourage them to pursue an engineering education.”

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Christopher is a communications specialist for the College of Engineering. His duties include generating and editing college communications that reach the campus community and the public. He is also the managing editor for the annual College of Engineering magazine and maintains the college’s social media pages.